Archive for September, 2008
I’m so stoked to be in this month’s issue of Gourmet Magazine. I’ve subscribed to this magazine since I was 12, so I’m thrilled beyond words. I hope that you will pick it up if you see it and check it out! I’m on page 56. Right after a really great…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Beer 4 Chx: SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION
….and now there will be the Craft Ale House.
And that, my friends, is change we can believe in.
I’ve posted the story over here where I get paid to do such things.
The new place will be on the site of the former Limerick Deli on Ridge Pike…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on LIQUID DIET: the blog: Once there was a deli…
There was a unique theme for the IRD Social Club beer tasting on Friday night:
Although the room was done up in its “traditional” Oktoberfest decorations consisting of German flags and pictures of David Hasselhoff with his shirt off, the actual th…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on RealBeer.co.nz: A Sunday Beer Sampler
This Salient magazine column casts an Eye Over the Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge results:
Over at the Southern Cross, their wild boar loin was guarded by a “jelly which will stare you down.” Like a scene from Lord of the Rings, the plate…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on RealBeer.co.nz: September Salient Points
So we’re sitting here having pints of Homegrown Hop 15. that’s Hop 15 dry hopped with locally-grown Centennial hops courtesy of Sheldon out in Fallbrook. Tomme has the full story on his blog right here.
This is an extremely limited release — it’s on…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on My Beer Pix: Homegrown Hop 15 on tap at Lost Abbey
I left you in the last post at about 4:00. Nothing much happened in the next three hours: picked up a few souvenirs, got some cold drinks, and then I sequestered myself in my room and wrote the sidebar I’d done that interview for earlier in the aftern…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Seen Through a Glass: Kentucky Bourbon Festival: The Bourbonians
Occasionally I’ll come across a beer that still gives me that “oh wow” moment. Not that I’m not impressed with many finely crafted beers, but I generally go in knowing (to some degree) what to expect and set my expectations accordingly so I’m not that…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Philosopher: BEER REVIEW – RUSSIAN RIVER TEMPTATION
If you know where in the beer world this photo was taken please leave a comment.
Don’t worry about being the first to answer – your comments are welcome at any time.
Yes, this makes two photos in the first ten in this series featuring cobwebs, …
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: #10 – Where in the beer world?
As of last weekend, Satan says everything looked good with our wheat experiment. He planned to bottle the American wheat and add some raspberry extract to a few bottles to see how things went. But on Monday he told me things were still percolating.
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September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Wort’s Going On Here?: Wheat Experiment Update
Sitting here watching my alma mater Florida A&M whoop up on Howard U. We got a 41-0 lead and we just intercepted the ball and ran it back to the 4 yard line. We found PLENTY more Oktoberfests at a different SPECS out here in the ‘burbs, so I’m goi…
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Beer Brotha: Oktoberfest and FAMU Football